[求助]大全-16-15

janechen

Q:

In the course of her researches, a historian recently found two documents mentioning the same person, Erich Schnitzler. One, dated May 3, 1739, is a record of Schnitzler’s arrest for peddling without a license. The second, undated, is a statement by Schnitzler asserting that he has been peddling off and on for 20 years.

The facts above best support which of the following conclusions?

(A) Schnitzler started peddling around 1719.

(B) Schnitzler was arrested repeatedly for peddling.

(C) The undated document was written before 1765.

(D) The arrest record was written after the undated document.（C）

(E) The arrest record provides better evidence that Schnitzler peddled than does the undated document.

The correct choice is C. But why? Am I missing anything here? I don't see the reasoning at all.

Thanks!

mindfree

Discussed before.

If C is not true, say the undated was written in 1770. S should have started peddling around 1750. Then he could not have been arrested in 1739, thus contradicting the dated document. Therefore C must be true.

ricedog

你真是太牛了！